Cybernetikz Easy Social Icons up to 1.2.1 Authentication wp-admin/admin.php image_file cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cybernetikz Easy Social Icons up to 1.2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file wp-admin/admin.php of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument image_file leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2084. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cybernetikz Easy Social Icons up to 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file wp-admin/admin.php of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument image_file with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Easy Social Icons plugin before 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the image_file parameter in an edit action in the cnss_social_icon_add page to wp-admin/admin.php.

The weakness was shared 02/25/2015 by Eric Flokstra (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2084 since 02/25/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Eric Flokstra and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (36161) and SecurityFocus (BID 74893†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Eric Flokstra
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Easy Social Icons 1.2.2

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02/19/2015 🔍
02/23/2015 +4 days 🔍
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02/25/2015 +2 days 🔍
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03/30/2015 +33 days 🔍
02/15/2025 +3610 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 130461
Researcher: Eric Flokstra
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2084 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2084
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74309
SecurityFocus: 74893 - WordPress Easy Social Icon Plugin HTML Injection and Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2015 12:23
Updated: 02/15/2025 04:12
Changes: 03/30/2015 12:23 (47), 04/14/2018 08:29 (17), 04/16/2022 21:42 (3), 02/15/2025 04:12 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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